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Need to change from POP3 to Imap for server setting

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Matthew McLellan
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I recently installed Tunderbird on my laptop for my appraisal business. It loaded the server settings to POP3 instead of IMAP. I am tring to convert it over to IMAP.

I recently installed Tunderbird on my laptop for my appraisal business. It loaded the server settings to POP3 instead of IMAP. I am tring to convert it over to IMAP.

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david
david
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You cannot do that. Set up a new account in IMAP instead. The two can coexist and you can remove the POP at anytime.